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I don't mean my username! Yours!

I guess this is more of a game and maybe not strictly the right place. But, the idea is to make a top level reply with you asking 'guess' or saying ':)' or what have you, and everyone else should answer what they think the username means or refers to, without looking any words or concepts up! Off the cuff, what do you think it means when you see this person's username?

Not sure about the mobile apps, but if you hover over someone's name in Lemmy it will show their username if they have a display name set. My username is quite boring and straightforward, but I like seeing other people's weird usernames especially on semi-anon places.

Bonus: What do you visually think when you read it? Even if you misread it as a typo, what did you imagine when you read it & saw their avatar?

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[โ€“] amenok@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] GatoB@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] amenok@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That would be pretty cool. To be honest, what I had in mind when I come up with this (as a teenager) is probably impossible to guess but maybe someone will surprise me.

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

does sound like an egyptian god, don't know any root words. or could be amen ok, which sounds like it could be a sarcastic response or funny in joke

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[โ€“] CoqPants@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[โ€“] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

The proof is in the pantaloons?

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[โ€“] ElGatoEsBlanco@labdegato.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mine should be easy enough lol

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It's been 18 years since I had spanish class but uhhhh, the cat is white?

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[โ€“] Pegistia@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Mine has a special meaning, I doubt anyone will guess

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[โ€“] Annies_Boobs@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Some may get mine others may think Iโ€™m a weirdo.

[โ€“] prothy@terefere.eu 2 points 2 years ago

Do you want a banana?

[โ€“] offthecrossbar@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Annies_Boobs@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ

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[โ€“] arbiter329@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] Packopus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

A pack of octopus!

[โ€“] alen@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] waspentalive@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The story of WasPentalive - My normal avatar is a depiction of the R-Pentamino in John Conway's game of life. A 5 cell arrangement that throws off a number gliders in different directions. In one account I was simply PentaLive (Penta = 5 Live=the game of life) but I lost the password to that account at the same time as I no longer had access to the email address I registered. So I had to create a new account - I was Pentalive so I became WASPentalive.

Did I misunderstand the question?

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